More than a process, painting is being possessed.

Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.

Frustration is one of the great things in art. Satisfaction is nothing.

There's some mysterious process at work here, which I don't even want to understand.

Usually I am on a work for a long stretch, until a moment arrives when the air of the arbitrary vanishes, and the paint falls into positions that feel destined.

We are image-makers and image-ridden... We work until we vanish.

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.

Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation.

To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting.

I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.

The deaf cannot hear wind, but can feel its touch.The blind cannot see the sun, but can feel its warmth.

Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive.

We're going to bring our jobs back home. And if companies want to leave Arizona and if they want to leave other states, there's going to be a lot of trouble for them. It's not going to be so easy.

The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from this.

A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.

I use all different kinds of techniques for all different types of music. The music dictates the style.

Words began fights and words ended them.

Observing and understanding are two different things.

If you find it difficult to accept failure then you simply won't get any innovation because employees will be too frightened

I'm a very outgoing guy when it comes to music and I like all kinds of sounds of music and genres of music.